Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Dublin, Ireland

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Number of sights 28 sights
Distance 7.3 km
Ascend 131 m
Descend 124 m

Experience Dublin in Ireland in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in DublinIndividual Sights in Dublin

Sight 1: The Convention Centre Dublin

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The Convention Centre Dublin

The Convention Centre Dublin is a convention centre in the Dublin Docklands, Ireland. The Convention centre overlooks the River Liffey at Spencer Dock. It was designed by the Irish-born American architect Kevin Roche.

Wikipedia: Convention Centre Dublin (EN), Website

649 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 2: Jeanie Johnston

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Jeanie Johnston

Jeanie Johnston is a replica of a three-masted barque that was originally built in Quebec, Canada, in 1847 by the Scottish-born shipbuilder John Munn. The replica Jeanie Johnston performs a number of functions: it is an ocean-going sail training vessel at sea, and in port, it converts into a living history museum on 19th century emigration and, in the evenings, is used as a corporate event venue.

Wikipedia: Jeanie Johnston (EN), Website, Twitter, Facebook, Tripadvisor

174 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum

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EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum, located in Dublin's Docklands, covers the history of the Irish diaspora and emigration to other countries. It was designed by the London-based design firm Event Communications, and was voted as "Europe's Leading Tourist Attraction" at the 2019, 2020 and 2021 World Travel Awards.

Wikipedia: EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum (EN), Website

184 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Famine Memorial

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Famine Memorial

The Famine Memorial, officially titled Famine, is a memorial in Dublin, Ireland. The memorial, which stands on Customs House Quay, is in remembrance of the Great Famine (1845-1849), which saw the population of the country halved through death and emigration.

Wikipedia: Famine Memorial (Dublin) (EN)

232 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Universal Links on Human Rights

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Universal Links on Human Rights is a memorial sculpture located in Dublin, Ireland, on the traffic island at the junction of Amiens Street, Beresford Place, and Memorial Road, close to Busáras and The Customs House. It is a sphere of welded interlinked chains and bars, 260 cm in diameter, housing an eternal flame in its center, powered by natural gas. It was commissioned by Amnesty International in 1995 and designed by Tony O'Malley. It represents the jails holding prisoners of conscience.

Wikipedia: Universal Links on Human Rights (EN)

460 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 6: Abbey Theatre

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Abbey Theatre Flickr user bjaglin / CC BY 2.0

The Abbey Theatre, also known as the National Theatre of Ireland, in Dublin, Ireland, is one of the country's leading cultural institutions. First opening to the public on 27 December 1904, and moved from its original building after a fire in 1951, it has remained active to the present day. The Abbey was the first state-subsidized theatre in the English-speaking world; from 1925 onwards it received an annual subsidy from the Irish Free State. Since July 1966, the Abbey has been located at 26 Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1.

Wikipedia: Abbey Theatre (EN), Website, Twitter

691 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 7: Wolfe Tone Square

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Wolfe Tone SquareWilliam Murphy from Dublin, Ireland / CC BY-SA 2.0

Wolfe Tone Park, also known as Wolfe Tone Square, is a public space in Dublin, Ireland. It is bounded by Mary Street to the north, Jervis Street to the east, and Wolfe Tone Street to the west.

Wikipedia: Wolfe Tone Square (EN)

248 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: National Leprechaun Museum

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The National Leprechaun Museum is a privately owned museum dedicated to Irish folklore and mythology, through the oral tradition of storytelling. It is located on Jervis Street in Dublin, Ireland, since 10 March 2010. It claims to be the first leprechaun museum in the world.

Wikipedia: National Leprechaun Museum (EN), Website

482 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 9: Smock Alley Theatre

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Smock Alley Theatrere:publica/ Justin Farrelly / CC BY 2.0

Since the 17th century, there have been numerous theatres in Dublin with the name Smock Alley.

Wikipedia: Smock Alley Theatre (EN), Website, Website Booking, Instagram

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Wood Quay

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Wood Quay is a riverside area of Dublin that was a site of Viking settlement. It is now the location of the Dublin City Council offices.

Wikipedia: Wood Quay (EN)

285 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Church of the Immaculate Conception (Adam & Eve)

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The Church of the Immaculate Conception, also known as Adam and Eve's, is a Roman Catholic church run by the Franciscans and it is located on Merchants Quay, Dublin.

Wikipedia: Church of the Immaculate Conception, Dublin (EN)

123 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: Saint Audoen's Gate

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The San Audoen Gate is an entrance gateway to Dublin through the walls of the middle forested city. The San Audoen Gate is built behind the Church of San Audoen, built in 1190, just 20 years after the Anglo-Norman conquest. This is the oldest parish church in Dublin that is still in use. The church is used as a place of worship by the Church of Ireland. Some of the floors of the old Norman church have medieval gravestones.

Wikipedia: Geata San Audoen (GA)

320 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: St Augustine and St John

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The Church of St. Augustine and St. John, commonly known as John's Lane Church, is a large Catholic church located on Thomas Street, Dublin, Ireland. It was opened in 1874 on the site of the medieval St. John's Hospital, founded c. 1180. It is served by the Augustinian Order of friars.

Wikipedia: John's Lane Church (EN), Website

308 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 14: St Catherine's Church

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St Catherine's Church

St. Catherine's Church, on Thomas Street, in Dublin, Ireland, was originally built in 1185. It is located on what was once termed the "Slí Mhór", a key route that ran westwards across Ireland from Dublin. The church was rebuilt in its present form in the 18th century by John Smyth.

Wikipedia: St Catherine's Church, Dublin (Church of Ireland) (EN), Website

611 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 15: St Audoen's

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St Audoen's

St Audoen's is the church of the parish of St Audoen that is located south of the River Liffey at Cornmarket in Dublin, Ireland. The parish is in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin. The church is now home to the Polish chaplaincy in Ireland. There is an Anglican church of the same name adjacent to it.

Wikipedia: St Audoen's Church, Dublin (Roman Catholic) (EN)

176 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Dublinia

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Dublinia is a historical recreation museum and visitor attraction in Dublin, Ireland, focusing on the Viking and Medieval history of the city. Dublinia is located in a part of Dublin's Christ Church Cathedral, known as the Synod hall.

Wikipedia: Dublinia (EN), Website, Twitter, Facebook, Website Booking, Instagram

88 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: Christ Church Cathedral

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Christ Church Cathedral Ingo Mehling / CC BY-SA 4.0

Christ Church Cathedral, more formally The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, is the cathedral of the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough and the cathedral of the ecclesiastical province of the United Provinces of Dublin and Cashel in the (Anglican) Church of Ireland. It is situated in Dublin, Ireland, and is the elder of the capital city's two medieval cathedrals, the other being St Patrick's Cathedral.

Wikipedia: Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin (EN), Website

147 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: St Werburgh's

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St. Werburgh's Church is a Church of Ireland church building in Dublin, Ireland. The original church on this site was built in 1178, shortly after the arrival of the Anglo-Normans in the town. It was named after St. Werburgh, abbess of Ely and patron saint of Chester. The current building was constructed in 1719. It is located in Werburgh Street, close to Dublin Castle.

Wikipedia: St. Werburgh's Church, Dublin (EN)

344 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 19: Dublin Castle

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Dublin Castle is a major Irish government complex, conference centre, and tourist attraction. It is located off Dame Street in central Dublin.

Wikipedia: Dublin Castle (EN), Website

194 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 20: Garda Museum

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Garda Museum

The Garda Museum is a police museum located in Dublin, Ireland, located in the Treasury Building of Dublin Castle.

Wikipedia: Garda Museum (EN), Flickr, Website, Twitter, Facebook, Operator Website

34 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 21: The Sick and Indigent Roomkeepers' Society

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The Sick and Indigent Roomkeepers' Society

The Sick and Indigent Roomkeepers Society in Dublin, Ireland, is the city's oldest surviving charity.

Wikipedia: The Sick and Indigent Roomkeepers' Society (EN), Website

80 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 22: Dublin City Hall

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The City Hall, Dublin, originally the Royal Exchange, is a civic building in Dublin, Ireland. It was built between 1769 and 1779, to the designs of architect Thomas Cooley, and is a notable example of 18th-century architecture in the city. Originally used by the merchants of the city, it is today the formal seat of Dublin City Council.

Wikipedia: City Hall, Dublin (EN), Website

116 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 23: Olympia Theatre

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The Olympia Theatre, branded since 2021 for sponsorship purposes as the 3Olympia Theatre, is a concert hall and theatre venue in Dublin, Ireland, located on Dame Street.

Wikipedia: Olympia Theatre, Dublin (EN), Website, Facebook, Website Booking, Instagram

414 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 24: Ha'penny Bridge

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Ha'penny Bridge

The Ha'penny Bridge, known later for a time as the Penny Ha'penny Bridge, and officially the Liffey Bridge, is a pedestrian bridge built in May 1816 over the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland. Made of cast iron, the bridge was cast in Shropshire, England.

Wikipedia: Ha'penny Bridge (EN)

120 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 25: Temple Bar

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Temple Bar William Murphy / CC BY-SA 2.0

Temple Bar is an area on the south bank of the River Liffey in central Dublin, Ireland. The area is bounded by the Liffey to the north, Dame Street to the south, Westmoreland Street to the east and Fishamble Street to the west. It is promoted as Dublin's 'cultural quarter' and, as a centre of Dublin's city centre's nightlife, is a tourist destination. Temple Bar is in the Dublin 2 postal district.

Wikipedia: Temple Bar, Dublin (EN)

318 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 26: Molly Malone

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Molly Malone is a statue on Suffolk Street in Dublin, the capital of Ireland. The statue depicts the presumably fictional character Molly Malone, who is described in the song of the same title, also known as "Cockles and Mussels". It has previously stood on Grafton Street, but has had the current location since 2014.

Wikipedia: Molly Malone (statue) (DA)

287 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 27: Douglas Hyde Gallery

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The Douglas Hyde Gallery is a publicly funded contemporary art gallery situated within the historical setting of Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.

Wikipedia: Douglas Hyde Gallery (EN), Website

94 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 28: Book of Kells

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Book of Kells

The Book of Kells is an illustrated manuscript and Celtic Gospel book in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables. It was created in a Columban monastery in either Ireland or Scotland, and may have had contributions from various Columban institutions from each of these areas. It is believed to have been created c. 800 AD. The text of the Gospels is largely drawn from the Vulgate, although it also includes several passages drawn from the earlier versions of the Bible known as the Vetus Latina. It is regarded as a masterwork of Western calligraphy and the pinnacle of Insular illumination. The manuscript takes its name from the Abbey of Kells, County Meath, which was its home for centuries.

Wikipedia: Book of Kells (EN), Website

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